Just in case the world does end tomorrow (personally I reckon the Mayan who was writing the calendar decided to knock off for a beer and never got round to writing more dates) I thought I ought to write a quick blog post and wish everyone a very Merry Christmas from us folk in New […]
Loving & Not Loving
Some weeks feel so hard, but thank goodness for reflection & perspective at the end
First week of the school holidays has been full on, hard work and an adjustment for all. There’s been… Three children, aged 2, 6 and 9 in each others pockets. Furniture moved around. Rounds of laundry washed, dried and put away. A play house in the garden given a post-winter make-over ready for summer play. […]
Things I’m Loving with a touch of icing sugar, paper chains & random elephants…
This was the week that started with three daughters at home. A Monday that witnessed mass paper-chain making, faces in plates of icing sugar and a Christmas elephant made out of an old milk-bottle! A Tuesday and Wednesday spent mostly at home, with two daughters (whilst Charlotte enjoyed end of term fun and shared lunches). […]
Things I’m Loving… My Precious!
It’s been jovial week in the Middle of Middle Earth with much merriment at the market and frolicking at sunset. Breakfasts have rolled into elevenses and lunch, with little space between, and liquid fuel has been a necessity for kick starting the day – as well as a little magic ale for ‘chillaxing’ with at […]
Things I’m Loving
Loving sunshine breaks on the beach after a morning of housework – even if the break is short and there’s sandy children to care for. Loving the ‘realness’ of this photo my six year old, Sophie, took at the Zoo on Monday – of me enjoying a moment of meditational drum beating before being asked […]
Things I’m Loving…
A Monday that started with rain and wind, where the only sign of summer was the strawberries on my muesli, gave us a breather in the afternoon. Sunshine peeked from between the clouds as Sophie and Alice ran around Katherine Mansfield Memorial Park playing ‘peek a boo’ with their little wooden dolls. After school pick […]
Things I’m Loving – Holiday memories connecting to our everyday lives…
⤠I’m slowly getting back into the groove of multi-tasking madness that is family life, but with plenty of post holiday memories still lingering on… It’s not only me that’s still reflecting on all we did – even young Alice is a chatter of her holiday memories. As we made our way downstairs the other […]
Things I’m Loving… whilst keeping my head shifting time zones
I’m sat in the dark in a lovely villa in Santa Barbara and the clock tells me the time is 3.30pm on Friday 28 October. The computer I’m typing on is still set in UK time and tells me the time is 11.30pm on a Friday night. Over in New Zealand, where we are destined […]
Things I’m Loving…. Special times with old friends & family
Nearly a week since we landed in England, all the way from our home in New Zealand, with a couple of nights stop over in San Francisco. There’s been no need for big ticket attractions, as simply shifting from spring to autumn in a matter of nights – and wooden houses to brick – is […]
Things I’m Loving – parks, gardens, beaches & daylight
I can’t say enough how much better I feel when my body is exposed to longer hours of daylight. I don’t need hot temperatures and scorching sunshine, just more hours of daylight to make my whole being glide smoothly over life’s little hurdles (instead of crashing at every one). I feel more energized and positive. […]
Things I’m Loving…
Loving a moment of freedom at sundown on Monday, with just my six year old – Sophie, at Lyall Bay. Hubbie came home a little earlier than his usual 6.30pm to mind Alice and Charlotte (who were happy to stay at home). We found star-fish and hermit crabs in the rock pools, climbed the rocks […]
Things I’m Loving…
Love having time in the day to see my children delight in climbing blossom trees. Loving naughty, but very nice, gifts from hubbie on his return from his business trip away. Loving the kindness of one of Charlotte’s school friends passing on a loved toy to young Alice. Loving impromptu paddles, in beautifully scented gardens, […]
Things I’m Loving…
Loving spring sunshine with my daughters before a storm… Loving this dainty little cup and saucer, along with a perfect silver spoon, to serve up fluffy treats in for my youngest. Loving that I bought them at a garage sale for a very good cause – to raise funds for a wonderful boy called Elijah, […]
Things I’m Loving
It’s been a full house this week, with Charlotte off school for ‘Founders Weekend’ on Monday and Tuesday – and then home the rest of the week on doctor’s orders, with a terrible cough. She’s been very tired with the cough and suffered from a few nose bleeds too, but despite all this, she’s been […]
